DESCENDANTS OF JAMES POTTINGER, PURSER ROYAL NAVY

1. JAMES POTTINGER (m.1817 Detling, Margaret Morrison, d.1836)

In 1826 the Navy List has him 196^th out of 682 Pursers. His seniority date of his first Warrant was 29^th August 1803. In 1826 this would entitle him to a “half pay” of 4 shillings a day.

1.1. ROBERT POTTINGER RN Inspector-General of Hospital and Fleet (b.1818 Lerwick, m.(1stly)1853 Catherine Duncan Yorston [d.1854] m.(2ndly)1859 Jane Dobson Robertson [b.1838. d.1894] d. 16 November 1903, Moffat)

Some career details extracted from the Navy List (unless specified otherwise):

3 May 1839 - 22 Apr 1843, Assistant Surgeon, HMS Druid, East Indies
31 Jan 1845 - ??? Assistant Surgeon, Rhadamanthus, Transport
1847 (21st December) Surgeon
8 July 1848 - Surgeon, HMS Renard, East Indies
December 1851, Surgeon on half pay
January 1853, Surgeon on half pay
1854 Surgeon HMS Hecla - Baltic (from Edinburgh Gazette). Description of an engagement in June 1854.
1855 Surgeon HMS Blenheim - Baltic
1857 Surgeon HMS Blenheim plus medal probably the Baltic Medal
1860 Surgeon HMS Neptune - Mediterranean
1861 Surgeon HMS Neptune - Mediterranean
1865 Staff Surgeon HMS Formidable - Flagship Sheerness Vice Admiral Sir Chas Talbot
1868 (8th December) Deputy Inspector of Hospitals & Fleets - Naval Hospital (Hong Kong)
1875 Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals & Fleets - Royal Marines
1876 (5th March) Inspector General of Hospitals & Fleets
1878 (11th March) Retired Inspector General of Hospitals & Fleets

1.1.1. Jane Dobson. Pottinger (b.1864 Islington)

1.1.2. Margaret Pottinger (b.1866 Sheerness, m. 1884 George Alfred Tweedy)

1.1.3. Mary Sinclair Pottinger (b.1867 Sheerness m.1902 Walter Thorburn Simpson)

1.1.3.1.Robert Alison Creighton Simpson (b.1903)

1.1.4. Thomas Dobson Pottinger (b.1869 Plymouth)

1.1.5. Roberta Joanna Pottinger (b.1875 Chatham, m.1901 Arthur Cyril Beaumont Johnson [b.1863 d.1904])

1.1.5.1.Lt Col Charles Robert Johnson (b.1902 m. Eileen Agnes Mothersill, KIA.1940)

1.1.5.1.1. Diana Evelyn Johnson (b.1935)

1.1.5.2.Cyril Martin Hugh Johnson (b.1905 posthumously)

1.1.6. Catherine Pottinger (b.1878 Lewisham, m.1897 Frank Inglis Dalziel)

1.1.6.1.Catherine Jean Dalziel (b.1899 Walkerburn)

1.1.6.2.Margaret Inglis Dalziel (b.1900 Walkerburn)

1.2. ANN JEAN POTTINGER (b.1820 Lerwick, m.1850 Hugh Tweedy, d.1907)

1.2.1. Robert Tweedy (b.1851, d.1855)

1.2.2. Margaret Tweedy (b.1854, d.1857)

1.2.3. George Alfred Tweedy (b.1856, m. Margaret Pottinger, d.1935)

1.2.3.1.Hugh Christopher Tweedy (b.1885, d.1885)

1.2.3.2.Robert Pottinger Tweedy (b.1887, d.1911) dsp

1.2.3.3.George John Drummelzier Tweedy (b.1891, d.1935)

1.2.3.3.1. John Drummelzier Tweedy (b.1918, KIA 1941) dsp

1.2.3.3.2. Timothy Christopher Tweedy (b.1922 , KIA 1942) dsp

1.2.3.3.3. Oliver Robert. Tweedy (b.1930) had issue

1.2.3.3.4. Andrew David Tweedy (b.1935, d.2000) had issue

1.2.3.4.Nora Margaret Pottinger Tweedy (b.1897, m. 1924 Clifford Henry Fitzherbert Plowman, d.1973)

1.2.3.4.1. Pamela Margaret Plowman (b.1925, m. , d.2004) had issue

1.2.3.4.2. Kathleen Nora Plowman (b.1926)

1.2.3.4.3. Ronald Tweedy Fitzherbert Plowman (b.1928, m.1957, d.2004) had issue

1.2.4. Hugh James Tweedy (b.1858, d.?)

1.2.4.1.Margaret Eileen May Stafford Eustace Tweedy (b.1891, d.c. 1970)

1.2.5. Margaret Sarah Tweedy (b1861, d.1897)

1.3. MARY POTTINGER (b.1822 Lerwick, d.post 1901)

1.4. JOHN MORRISON POTTINGER (b.1823 Lerwick, m.1858 Islington, Janet Mutter)

1.4.1. James Pottinger (b.1859 Islington)

1.4.2. Jane Pottinger (b.1860 Islington)

1.4.3. Robert John Pottinger (b.1864 Islington)

1.4.4. Arthur William Pottinger (b.1866 Islington, m.1888 Fanny Gertrude Morton )

1.4.4.1.Marjorie [Morrison] Pottinger (b.1890 New Zealand m.1910 Charles Douglas Simmons)

1.4.5. George Riach Pottinger (b.1867 Islington, d.1878)

1.4.6. Margaret J. Pottinger (b.1870 Islington)

1.4.7. Anne M. Pottinger (b.1872 Islington)